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  The Central Command Memorial Foundation
General Abizaid commanded the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, during the Gulf crisis and deployed with the battalion to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq.
She said the memorial is mainly designed as a place for the families of the four branches that serve under Central Command's auspices to reflect on their loved ones, and for personnel assigned to the large command headquarters adjacent to the planned memorial plaza.
Central Command is one of five war-fighting commands with responsibility for U.S. military operations in a defined region.
www.centcommemorial.org   (2526 words)

  
  United States Central Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Its area of jurisdiction is in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia.
Of the five American regional unified commands, CENTCOM is one of the two whose headquarters are not within its area of operations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Central_Command   (309 words)

  
 HQ Central Air Command   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Central Air Command is located at the historic city of Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
This Command is one of the operational Commands of the Indian Air Force.
An operational Command in the Central sector was conceived, when necessity was felt to keep the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Tibetan border under constant vigil.
indianairforce.nic.in /cac.htm   (945 words)

  
 Cardassian Central Command - Memory Alpha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Cardassian Central Command (sometimes known as the High Command) is the military authority of the Cardassian Union.
The Cardassian Union, the Detapa Council and the Central Command and the Obsidian Order were formed in the 19th century.
Central Command was overthrown in 2372 in favor of civilian rule.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Cardassian_Central_Command   (135 words)

  
 CNN.com - Central Command staffers heading to Qatar - September 12, 2002
Pentagon sources said the military would like to move Central Command permanently to the region, which would place commanders closer to the action in Afghanistan and to action in Iraq in the event of war.
Central Command oversees operations in the Persian Gulf and Central Asia.
Officials cautioned that while preliminary plans were afoot to move the Central Command headquarters to Qatar, the plan is contingent on several unresolved issues, including how the exercise will be received by Qatar officials.
archives.cnn.com /2002/US/09/11/qatar.military   (302 words)

  
 Army Central Command - ARCENT / Third United States Army
Focusing primarily on the Middle East, Central Command and Third Army's area of responsibility (AOR) is a large and complex region.
Army Forces Central Command-Kuwait (ARCENT-Kuwait), headquartered at Camp Doha, is responsible for RSOI and administrative support of Army forces deploying to Kuwait, oversight of the contract that maintains the brigade prepositioned fleet, and installation support for Camp Doha.
General Harmon was the Commanding General of the United States Constabulary and, in his capacity as Commander of Third Army, directed the final phase-out of the Army as an occupational unit.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arcent.htm   (5520 words)

  
 The Central Command Memorial Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
General Abizaid commanded the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, during the Gulf crisis and deployed with the battalion to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq.
She said the memorial is mainly designed as a place for the families of the four branches that serve under Central Command's auspices to reflect on their loved ones, and for personnel assigned to the large command headquarters adjacent to the planned memorial plaza.
Central Command is one of five war-fighting commands with responsibility for U.S. military operations in a defined region.
www.centcommemorial.org /index2.htm   (2192 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Core staff of U.S. military headquarters for Gulf operations moving to ...
Officials at Central Command, based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., said the shift will be a one-week exercise, but other officials who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity said it was possible the command staff would remain indefinitely at al-Udeid air base in Qatar.
One official said the administration is considering moving the entire Central Command headquarters permanently to Qatar, although that is separate from the November movement of a core staff.
Central Command said that besides shifting the core staff to Qatar, it also will send its newly constructed mobile headquarters as part of the exercise, dubbed "Internal Look '03." The mobile headquarters consists of several modular buildings designed for command, control and communications.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20020911-1511-us-centralcommand.html   (499 words)

  
 Central Command Memorial Aims at January 2005 Groundbreaking (MacDill AFB)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - When the planners of the Central Command Memorial began their work nearly three years ago, the idea was to create a monument to the history of those who had served and died in the command's operations from Kenya to Kazakhstan.
Malanowski said the memorial is mainly designed as a place for the families of the four branches who serve under Central Command's auspices to reflect on their loved ones and for personnel assigned to the large command headquarters adjacent to the planned memorial plaza.
Because Central Command also includes a coalition of U.S. allies, the names of other nation's soldiers will also be included in the memorial.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1144901/posts   (963 words)

  
 LWN: Central Command predicts Linux viable channel for virus infections
Central Command has also observed Linux viruses to contain the same types of dangerous payloads as Windows viruses.
About Central Command: A leader in the anti-virus industry, Central Command, Inc., a privately held company, serves home PC users and industrial, financial, government, healthcare, education and service firms with virus protection software, services, and information.
Central Command, EVRT, Vexira, and Emergency Virus Response Team are trademarks of Central Command, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, and products referenced herein are property of their respective owners.
lwn.net /Articles/25848   (1081 words)

  
 Deployments - Unified Combatant Commands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The mission of the European Command is to support and advance U.S. interest and policies throughout the assigned area of responsibility; provide combat ready land, maritime, and air forces to Allied Command Europe or U.S. unified commands ; and conduct operations unilaterally or in concert with coalition partners.
The mission of U.S. Southern Command is to shape the environment within our area of responsibility by conducting military to military engagement and counter-drug activities throughout the theater to promote democracy, stability, and collective approaches to threats to regional security.
The Command is not limited to a specific geographic area of responsibility but must respond wherever the President or the Secretary of Defense directs in peacetime and across the complete spectrum of conflict.
deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/commands.shtml   (528 words)

  
 CNN.com - Central Command: Iraq raid went house to house - May. 16, 2003
U.S. Central Command is now providing more details of a raid Thursday in a village of Al Door, a small town north of Baghdad.
Friday, Central Command said that 9,358 Iraqi policemen are back at work in the zone controlled by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force -- Iraqi territory southeast of Baghdad.
Central Command said that in those areas, 8,626 Iraqi policemen are back at work, 20 percent of full strength.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/05/16/sprj.irq.raid   (485 words)

  
 Central Command, United States: CENTCOM
The new command was tested by the intensification of the Iran-Iraq War (with incidents such as the missile strike on the USS Stark and the shooting down of an Iranian airliner by the USS Vincennes) and conducted operations such as Early Call, Arid farmer and Eagle Look.
With a reduced possibility of a massive invasion of Iran, the new CINCENT (Commander-in-Chief Central Command) General Norman Schwarzkopf started to work on alternate scenarios that involved the aggression by a major regional power against its neighbours and to expand military and diplomatic relations with the states in the region.
Just as the 1990 Internal Look command post exercise that tested this new scenario was coming to an end (where intelligence concerning Iraqi air and ground force movements had eerily paralleled the scenario) Iraq invaded Kuwait.
www.historyofwar.org /articles/concepts_centcom.html   (568 words)

  
 Defense Issues: Volume 10, Number 53-- Meeting the Challenge in the Central Command   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The requisite command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence infrastructure that is needed to carry out assigned military tasks allows U.S. Central Command to execute a full range of FDOs [flexible deterrent options] to preclude hostilities.
U.S. Central Command's war and contingency plans and standard operating procedures build on the command's peacetime activities to address the exigencies associated with single and dual major regional contingencies as well as military operations at the lower end of the spectrum.
To meet these demands, U.S. Central Command employs a long-term strategy and undertakes daily activities that send a clear signal to friends and foe alike that we are resolute in confronting threats to regional stability.
www.dod.gov /speeches/1995/t19950214-peay.html   (5165 words)

  
 Fallon Takes Reins of Central Command
Abizaid took over the command early in the Iraq conflict, at a time when there was much work to be done, he noted.
Upon taking command, Fallon thanked Abizaid for the legacy he left and pledged to strengthen and nurture relationships with members of his command and other nations.
However, he said, the troops and commanders of CENTCOM and allied countries are capable and dedicated, and can help the people of the Middle East achieve what most people in the world want: peace, security and stability.
www.army.mil /-news/2007/03/16/2293-fallon-takes-reins-of-central-command   (637 words)

  
 Abizaid takes reins of Central Command   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Abizaid served as the Central Command's deputy commander.
Abizaid said the greatest honor for any soldier is to command the sons and daughters of America.
U.S. Central Command covers the 25 countries of the Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa.
www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/8_27/national_news/24149-1.html   (674 words)

  
 DefenseLink News Article: Central Command Welcomes Chairman's Advisor
William J. Gainey (left), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is briefed during a mid-November visit to U.S. Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The briefing, presented by Romanian army Master Sgt. Radu Ghemes, summarized the coalition countries' involvement in the global war on terror.
During the sergeant major's visit at CENTCOM, he received briefings on the command's missions not only from the joint staff, but also from the senior enlisted leaders of the coalition countries serving alongside the U.S. forces in the command's area of responsibility.
He then came immediately to the combatant command that is the center of gravity right now in the global war on terror.
www.defenselink.mil /news/newsarticle.aspx?id=18233   (456 words)

  
 Central Command and the Global War on Terrorism
We're very pleased to have with us today Lieutenant General Lance Smith, who is the Deputy Commanding General for Central Command, and he's here with us today to provide you an update on Central Command and the global war on terrorism.
And as most of you are aware, Central Command's very responsibility stretches from the Horn of Africa all the way to Central Asia.
LTGEN SMITH: You have identified one of the seams between European Command and Central Command in that Israel and Palestine are in European Command area of operations and Lebanon is in ours.
fpc.state.gov /38369.htm   (4782 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The CENTAF commander was designated Commander, CENTCOM Forward, and remained in Saudi Arabia with the other general officers to coordinate with the Saudis and monitor the reception of US forces.
Centralized management of longhaul strategic communications, satellite capacity, and frequency spectrum allocations was vital to subsequent force deployments.
Centralized control of procedures and policy (i.e., switch network routing tables and precedence assignments) also were used.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/gulfreports/titvappk.doc   (12811 words)

  
 World Tribune.com: U.S. Central Command plans November exercises in Qatar
Officials said the senior officers from Central Command will arrive in Qatar from command headquarters in Tampa, Fla. They said the officers would begin arriving in Doha over the next few weeks and stay at least until December.
Central Command is responsible for the conduct of the war in Afghanistan and is expected to lead any war against Iraq.
Defense Department and military officials said a portion of the command, responsible for military activities in the Middle East, will move to Qatar for an exercise meant to test the feasibility of a deployable headquarters in the Persian Gulf.
www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2002/ss_military_09_12.html   (356 words)

  
 U.S. Global Strategy to Maintain World Order
The decision to set up this new geographic united command which was the first to be created by US in 35 years, was taken without the approval or the prior notification of the countries of the region.
However, more deep and organic links tightening the relation between NATO command in Europe and the US Central Command in South West Asia (the ME and the Gulf area) had been established during the second Gulf War when a broad coalition of forces, traditional and nuclear, were created to drive back Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
NATO commands were allowed to undertake operations outside the traditional areas of its former activities.
www.inesap.org /bulletin15/bul15art17.htm   (1586 words)

  
 Central Command: Defeating Insurgency Requires Improved Information Networks
A top official in U.S. Central Command says the United States can expect more USS Cole-like, asymmetric attacks from small transnational groups in the future.
Lloyd Austin III, chief of staff at Central Command, told a conference sponsored by the Association for Enterprise Integration.
Between now and 2015, he said, the 23 countries covered by Central Command will see a substantial population growth of unemployed youth who will become fertile ground for recruiting terrorists.
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2006/july/CentralCommand.htm   (644 words)

  
 Central Command Games - Your Headquarters for Great Games
Central Command Games is San Antonio's premier War game and RPG store.
Owned and operated by Scott Alter and Joe McCarty, Central Command Games offers one of the biggest gaming areas in all of Texas as well as one of the most impressive Games Workshop miniature lines west of Baltimore.
Central Command Games is located at the corner of Guilbeau and Tezel, at 8180 Tezel Road.
www.centralcommandgames.com   (160 words)

  
 No. 301-M:12/01/94:Members of the U.S. Central Command will   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Members of the U.S. Central Command will participate in a command post exercise involving multinational forces and hosted by the Kuwaiti Armed Forces beginning on December 1.
The U.S. exercise director is Central Command's Director of Operations, Maj. Gen.
Joseph E. Hurd, USAF, under the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command.
www.dod.gov /news/Dec1994/m120194_m301-94.html   (153 words)

  
 El Paso Times - Northeast/Central
With the prospect of a four-year medical school and a medical center in Central El Paso, the city set aside land near Thomason Hospital that Wiles said would be a prime location to build a multi-use facility that houses police services, a fire station, an office for property seizures and a police dog training facility.
Wiles also hopes to use a new central command center to house a regional lab with the equipment and technology to provide sophisticated research quickly on crimes.
The new command center, which requires approval from the city manager's office, also would relieve the high traffic and crowding at the current Central Command Center, 200 S. Campbell.
www.borderlandnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050606/NEIGHBORHOODS01/506060312/1011/NEIGHBORHOODS   (609 words)

  
 Central Command Releases Its Dirty Dozen - Top 12 - Computer Viruses for July 2004
Vexira Antivirus starts at $34.95, and a free 30-day trial version may be downloaded from (http://www.centralcommand.com) or obtained by contacting Central Command at +1-330-723-2062.
About Central Command: A leader in the anti-virus industry, Central Command, Inc., a privately held company, serves home PC users and industrial, financial, government, education, healthcare and service firms with virus protection software, services, and information.
Central Command, EVRT, Vexira, and Emergency Virus Response Team are trademarks of Central Command, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, and products referenced herein are property of their respective owners.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-31-2004/0002222339&EDATE=   (318 words)

  
 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
The U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), located at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., is the administrative headquarters for U.S. military affairs in 20 countries of the Middle East, Southwest Asia, Northeast Africa, and the Arabian Gulf.
The Command was established by President Reagan in January 1983 as the evolutionary successor to the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force.
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991, the command coordinated the activities of 541,000 U.S. and 258,000 coalition forces to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
www.milnet.com /pentagon/centcom.htm   (1005 words)

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